Hi all,
good news, today we have ended the pre-release phase and entered FINAL CANDIDATE phase of QuarkXPress 2017.
In “Final Candidate Phase” we have identified a specific build, which we think could be the Golden Master. This build needs to be thoroughly verified against all test cases, in all languages and platform combinations. And only severe bugs (showstoppers) will be fixed in this build until we have a go for shipping. This Final Candidate Phase typically takes us four weeks; meaning we will look at Golden Master certification around May 19, release to the public (and availability of Test Drive) then the week after on May 24. We'll officially announce this later this week.
Pre-order customers will get the QX2017 release earlier: IMMEDIATELY when the Golden Master is online.
This also means that "BUY 2016 GET 2017 FOR FREE" will end then.
Regards
Matthias